Although boundary displacement and traction are independent field variables in boundary conditions of an elasticity problem at a non-singular boundary point,there exist definite relations of singularity intensities between boundary displacement derivatives and tractions at a singular boundary point.The analytical forms of the relations at a singular smooth point for 2D isotropic elastic problems have been established in this work.By using the relations,positions of the singular boundary points and the corresponding singularity intensities of the unknown boundary field variables can be determined a priori.Therefore,more appropriate shape functions of the unknown boundary field variables in singular elements can be constructed.A numerical example shows that the accuracy of the BEM analysis using the developed theory is greatly increased.